20 Unlikely Cameos in Hip-Hop Videos

<a href="http://www.xxlmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/benstilleranddiddyfeature.jpg"><img src="http://www.xxlmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/benstilleranddiddyfeature.jpg" alt="" title="benstilleranddiddyfeature" width="620" height="399" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-128249" /></a>Once upon a time, rap was the unwanted stepchild of music, mainly for its misogynist lyrics and street-life portrayal. Fast forward a few decades, and even members of mainstream Hollywood have been able to overlook rap's sometimes uncouth ways in order to get a piece of the hip-hop pie.In fact, not only are there unlikely characters <a href="http://www.xxlmag.com/features/2011/05/the-best-and-worst-celeb-rappers/">attempting to spit these days</a> (think Jimmy Fallon and the Lonely Island guys), there are also those that simply want to partake in the culture to some extent or another.With that said, XXLMag.com has compiled a list of 20 of some of the most improbable cameos in hip-hop videos. In the words of Ben Stiller in Diddy's "Bad Boy For Life" clip: shout me a holler, dun. <em>—XXL Staff</em>